The three-week-long winter session of Parliament will begin on Monday, December 1, with discussions on the Special Intensive Review (SIR) and Vande Mataram, and bills related to nuclear energy and higher education are expected to be the focus of the legislature. The government wants to start the winter session with a day-long discussion on Vande Mataram as the country celebrates 150 years of the national song. The session aims to discuss the full text of the national anthem, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was accused of leading to the partition of India in 1937 by removing important verses from the song.
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The Prime Minister had said on November 7 that in 1937, important verses of ‘Vande Mataram’, which are its basic spirit, were removed. The verses of ‘Vande Mataram’ were broken into pieces. This expulsion ultimately sowed the seeds of division of the country. Today’s generation needs to understand why such injustice was done to this great mantra of nation building. Because the same divisive mentality still remains a big challenge for the nation.
Officials say its aim is to remind the youth of the history of Vande Mataram and its role in the freedom movement. Both the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha are expected to urge all parties to join in, and emphasize that Vande Mataram remains a shared national symbol that is already sung at the end of every Parliament session.
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The government also plans to bring 10 major bills, which include changes related to nuclear energy, higher education, corporate laws and securities market. On the other hand, the opposition is preparing to strongly oppose the voter list revision work being done by the Election Commission of India in nine states and union territories. The opposition is also opposing bills like Atomic Energy and Indian Higher Education Commission and is also raising questions on the proposed Constitution Amendment Bill for Chandigarh. There is a possibility of an aggressive stance of the opposition on issues like unemployment and increasing air pollution in Delhi-NCR. In such a situation, it is believed that the winter session may be turbulent.